Stress & Anxiety

Stress and anxiety aren't going anywhere - but you can change how you respond to them. These practices and articles teach you to notice stress early, work with anxious thoughts, and find calm without checking out.
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Expert Interviews
Four Lessons on Burnout from a Combat Pilot 

A TEDx Talk from Jannell MacAulay, a combat veteran and mindfulness advocate, on why we need to practice self-care if we want to perform at our peak without burning out. Read More 

  • Nicole Bayes-Fleming
  • June 29, 2018
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Guided Meditations
Feeling Angry? Try This 

When anger builds, do you fall into it, or are you able to let it pass? This mindfulness practice creates space between your thoughts and your emotions, so you can let go of negative feelings. Read More 

  • Dacher Keltner
  • June 22, 2018
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Guided Meditations
Three Meditation Resources for Anxiety 

Explore how mindfulness allows you to bring kind awareness and acknowledgment to any stressed or anxious feelings in your body and mind and simply allow them to be. Read More 

  • Mindful Staff
  • June 12, 2018
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Mindfulness For
How to Make a Mindful Resolution 

Hard-knuckling it through our New Year’s goals can strain even the best intentions. Here’s a mindful strategy for less stress and more success in keeping your resolutions. Read More 

  • Elaine Smookler
  • June 5, 2018
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Bottled-Up Emotions at Work Lead to Burnout 

You can’t tease out solutions to problems like employee burnout and dissatisfaction without first acknowledging something is off kilter. The core mindful practice — noticing and labelling thoughts — could be key to navigating high stress workplaces. Read More 

  • Leah Weiss
  • May 30, 2018
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Kids & Teens
Manage Big Parenting Feelings Before They Manage You 

Huge parenting misnomer: we need to protect our kids from our negative feelings. The truth: it’s easier to lose control when we’re focused on stopping our emotions. Carla Naumburg explores seven practices to help you build resilience during tense parenting moments. Read More 

  • Carla Naumburg
  • May 11, 2018
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